2 IT Societies are Surveillance Societies IT allows people to be easily tracked and monitored. Examples? Data can be used to create profiles of individuals. The data can be "mined" for patterns of behavior. Questions raised: What is the value of privacy? How does surveillance affect us and our society?

3 Why Worry About Privacy? Arguments for not worrying about privacy: 1. If you aren't doing anything wrong, you don't need to worry. Counter-arguments?

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Information gathering is good for you Arguments for not worrying about privacy. 3) Information gathering is good for companies and their customers. Companies can offer products tailored to customer's likes and dislikes. Example:

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